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Mar 27

“This accessible and forthright book will help illuminate some of Israel’s darkest corners and secrets. This book debunks convincingly and forcefully the myth of Israel being ‘the only democracy’ in the Middle East…” – Prof. Ilan Pappe, author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

“This book deals rationally and cogently with a topic that almost always generates considerable heat even just with book titles…a highly commendable effort to throw light on a fraught subject.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

“Demography and discrimination, birthrate anxiety and home demolitions: The propaganda about a “progressive democracy” rings hollow indeed. No wonder that earlier this year, in a wide-ranging report highlighting policies of segregation and colonisation, the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) urged Israel to cancel the Prawer Plan “which would legalise the ongoing policy of home demolitions and forced displacement of the indigenous Bedouin communities.” Read More…

Mar 25

“BDS is a tactic, not an end in and of itself. It is a response to a call from Palestinians, and makes a direct link between Israeli crimes and a response to them. It is a sign of hope, not despair. And it is a grassroots strategy steeped in a rich, historical tradition of opposition to all sorts of injustice. Boycott and divestment are not mysterious or new: BDS is a well-trodden path as a means of effecting change and challenging the powerful.” Read More…

Mar 25

“The Wall loops around 10 percent of the Bethlehem region’s land, and the UN estimates that only 13 percent of the governorate is available for Palestinian use. In and around the city, there are over 30 physical barriers to Palestinian freedom of movement imposed by the Israeli military. Bethlehem has been isolated and fragmented in a way that would devastate any town or community the world over.” Read More…

Mar 19

“Across the whole of historic Palestine – Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip – the State of Israel rules over around 12 million people whose rights and privileges are determined on a discriminatory basis. Millions more are excluded from the country all together (because they are Palestinian). It is a regime intended to maintain the domination of one group at the expense of another. It is apartheid.” Read More…

RT @benabyad: Israel imposes a *four-day* closure on the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip for Purim. Applies only to Palestinians, not Isr… 22 hours ago

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Ben White

Ben White is a freelance journalist, writer and activist, specialising in Palestine/Israel. He has been visiting the region since 2003 and his articles have been widely published in the likes of The Guardian’s Comment is free, Al Jazeera, Electronic Intifada, New Statesman, Salon, Christian Science Monitor, Middle East International, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and others.